Background
Our dilemma is to turn the challenge of providing healthy food for everyone into solutions for regenerating nature and society. It’s a question riddled with competing views, from how to address food insecurity and waste to the myriad cultures surrounding food production and consumption. At the same time, the food we eat is the single biggest impact we have on the planet, and it’s not just on climate change. Our goal is to reframe the conflicts with clarity, lay the groundwork for progress and transform arguments into actions that can turn food into an extraordinary force for restoring our world.
Through two days of TED Talks, Breakthrough Sessions, and Quest visits we will explore how we eat today, problems with protein, culinary creativity and farms and food of the future.
Speakers include: Gabe Brown, Regenerative Farmer; Facundo Etchebehere, Danone; Dr. Jon Foley, Project Drawdown; Dana Gunders, ReFED; Lamin Jassey, Community Organizer; June Jo Lee, Food Ethnographer; Sarah Lake, PlantWorks; Gonzalo Munoz, University de O'Higgins; Chef Anthony Myint, Zero Foodprint; Dorcas Naishorua, Isilan Women in Conservation; Aline Sousa, CENTCOOP; with more to come.
Conversation Starters
How do we move from fossil fuels to clean energy – quickly and fairly? Here are a few thought-provoking prompts to help you start the conversation with your organization, friends, family and followers.
Some experts suggest that low and middle income countries need fossil fuels in the short-term for development, including lifting people out of energy poverty. Do you agree or disagree, and why?
Some communities’ economies are highly dependent on fossil fuels or carbon-intensive processes. How do we ensure a just transition that doesn’t leave those people behind?
What do you think the biggest obstacle to the rapid scaling of renewable energy is right now?
Are there lessons we can draw from other major social movements as we transition away from fossil fuels?
Meet the Speakers
Our Dilemma Speakers will explore how we eat today, problems with protein, culinary creativity and farms and food of the future.